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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 05:53 PM
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Hey,

Im looking to install water injection on my 4x4 saph and have been having a little look around. I have heard that Aquamist kits are the best, but am looking to spend less than 400.
These AEM kits seem to price up quite well, but I was wondering if anyone has any experience or opinions on them.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AEM-Water-inje...ht_1876wt_1139

Thats the link, £350 all in. Looks quite good but want to get some opinions before I go and spunk £350. Thanks
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 06:44 PM
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mike, jasesapphy has one for sale in the parts for sale section for £150
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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dont think many people use water inj on cossies. dont seem to hear much on that front
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It's a lot of money, do you need it ?
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I spent a lot of time thinking about this for my car because the regs of the series I race in prevent me from running a big intercooler.

Can you not cool the air with a bigger intercooler?

Anyway, if not, the Aquamist basic kit should be fine for most applications. I have a pump and lines and the quality is great. I was planning on using the windscreen washer tank for the water tank. The ERL/Aquamist site has a great forum with discussions on pre-turbo, post turbo applications, fogger nozzle sizes, etc etc.

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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 10:59 PM
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do you guys not recommend it then unless you are using it for track etc. I mean I do have a big intercooler 76mm core rs500. Would it be a waste of money?? I suppose my ACT's shouldntbe to bad. I am running a gt30, and will be getting it setup soon. Looking to run 450bhp around a bout

Any help would be great
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You'd run water injection on boost when charge air temps are above a certain threshold. You need a tank of water to inject, then you need to consider when you'd need it. All the time? How much water do you need to carry? How much flow?

It's a real specialist way of cooling the intake air that you can generally do with a bigger intercooler. If your intercooler size is limited and there's no other way, then it may be worth doing.

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